Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Zero Volume 3

powerful electric shock ran through the whip sword. Of course, it hit Meiru
as well, but she cast restoration magic as it did, healing her instantly.

After a moment the shock passed, and white smoke rose from the two
twitching chimeras. Meiru released them from their bindings, and they fell
limply to the floor. Though they weren’t moving, Meiru bound them with
Oscar’s sealstone shackles just in case, rendering them completely powerless.

Meiru had no time to take a breather though, as Karm, Angol, Elga, and
all the Imperial Guards bombarded her with magic. However, their attacks
vanished into the ether as Naiz used spatial magic to disperse them.

“Fufu, you can use your magic freely now, can’t you?”
“Yeah. Thanks, Meiru.”
Meiru sat down on her water arch while Naiz appeared next to her. He’d
been focusing on evasion while the chimeras had been chasing him, but now
he could go on the offensive. He drew his twin scimitars and dropped into a
sword stance. Though his martial skills had atrophied while he’d focused on
mastering his spatial magic, he was now determined to regain the proficiency
he’d lost. A second after he drew his sword he heard the sound of shattering
glass behind him. Miledi had finally broken through Rasul’s barrier.
“Your Majesty!”
Elga and Angol tried to rush to the demon lord’s aid. Meanwhile, Karm
and the Imperial Guards bombarded Meiru and Naiz with magic.
“You take care of those guys!”
“I suppose you’ll be taking the demon lord then?”
Miledi gave her two comrades a thumbs-up, and they started mopping up
the remnants of the demon lord’s forces. The moment Rasul’s barrier broke, a
vast amount of mana surged up from within him. He was emitting more mana
than any one person should be capable of storing. No wonder they call him an
avatar of their god. It’s like he’s drawing power from the heavens. Miledi
thought to herself. A second later, Rasul vanished, only to reappear right in
front of Miledi.
“I think I’ll have you sleep for a little bit.”
Rasul flashed Miledi a charming smile and thrust his palm in front of her
face. One of his rings started to glow, the one that activated his mana
shockwave.
“Ugh, get away from me you creep.”
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made a disgusted face. The ring on her right hand began to glow as well as
she accessed her Treasure Trove.

“Hm?”
“Too baaaaad, that won’t work either! Ahahaha!”
Rasul’s bloodred shockwave parted to either side, passing harmlessly by
Miledi. She’d deflected it with the fluttering, translucent cloth she’d attached
to her shoulder. This was an artifact Oscar had made specifically for Miledi,
the Guardian Angel’s Raiment. It absorbed the shockwaves Rasul could emit
and redirected them to the edges of the cloth. It was woven from Oscar’s
metal threads and was capable of cushioning the wearer against all sorts of
impacts and magical attacks. So long as any part of the cloth touched an
attack, it could freely control the mana contained within the attack to redirect
it. It was quite large as well, so even Miledi, who was bad at close quarters
combat, could get by just holding it up in front of her. Indeed, Miledi easily
managed to block Rasul’s enchanted sword with it as well. It deadened the
impact of his swing, and while a few of Oscar’s threads frayed, the cloth
didn’t rip. His artifact was sturdy enough to stop even Ignis. Furthermore, it
was also enchanted with restoration magic, so it was continually repairing
itself, albeit a little slowly. Rasul’s eyes widened in surprise as the cloth
managed to block both his shockwave and his sword swing.
“Eat this!”
“Oh?”
Miledi wrapped the cloth around Rasul’s neck, and it blasted him away.
Rasul used his shadow to support him and safely regain his balance.
“If gravity magic doesn’t work, then how about this!?”
Countless metal spheres appeared around Miledi. Oscar had transmuted
them to be super dense, and though each was the size of a fist, they each
weighed over a hundred kilograms. Miledi grinned and hurled them all
toward Rasul. Rasul’s artifact only nullified gravity magic in his immediate
vicinity, so it couldn’t stop Miledi from using it to shoot superheavy balls at
him. A barrage of spheres bore down on Rasul.
“I see you’ve really thought this through!”
Rasul’s shadow barrier wasn’t powerful enough to stop superdense
spheres accelerated by gravity magic. Nor was his sword sharp enough to cut
through them. His shockwaves wouldn’t be able to nullify them either.
Forced to dodge, Rasul activated his earrings’ barrier as he weaved between

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the barrage.
“Hey, how does it feel? Even though you’re an artifact user, you’re

getting owned by artifacts. Feels bad, doesn’t it? Bahahahaha!”
“Ngh.”
Rasul narrowed his eyes dangerously. But before he could shoot back a

retort, one of Miledi’s spheres hit his barrier. The impact caused him to
stagger, and once he stopped moving he was a sitting duck. Balls slammed
into him one after another, sending massive cracks through his barrier.

“You’re not even fighting with your own strength!”
Trapped in place, Rasul nevertheless attempted to taunt Miledi.
“You’re right, this is O-kun’s strength. O-kun’s here, protecting me.”
Miledi smiled happily, an expression that seemed wholly out of place on a
battlefield.
“Kakakakakaka! See, this is the difference between an artifact user and an
artifact maker! Get owned, you third-rate loser! Bahahaha!”
Miledi was as proud of Oscar’s accomplishments as she was of her own.
Her tone was so annoying that Rasul’s arrogant smile finally vanished. But
even when Miledi was being annoying, she didn’t let up on her fierce assault.
The final sphere she sent at Rasul shattered his barrier. The burden of
maintaining it until now had been so great that his earrings shattered as well.
“Alright, I think it’s about time I get serious,” Miledi said, her tone flat.
She was concentrating too hard to sound annoying now.
Rasul, who’d been about to charge at her, stopped. Goosebumps rose all
over his body. And a second later, Miledi unleashed her true power.
“Blitz Blaze Javelin— Overload.”
A flaming spear covered in lightning shot toward Rasul.
“It’s time— Ignis!”
As expected, Rasul’s magic-cutting sword sliced through Miledi’s spear
with ease. But she didn’t seem worried in the slightest.
“Crimson Javelin— Meteor Shower.”
A hundred flaming spears appeared above Rasul and shot toward him like
a meteor shower.
“So now you’re going for quantity over quality? What a boring strategy.”
Sneering, Rasul split his shadow into a hundred pieces and blocked the
spears.
“Ice Storm— Starfall.”

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Countless blades of wind and pillars of ice fell from the open ceiling, all
aiming for Rasul.

“You’re just wasting your mana.”
Ignis glowed with a ghastly light, and Rasul swung down with all his
might. That one swing was enough to blow away the entirety of Miledi’s
barrage.
“Earthstorm— Hellbringer.”
All the rubble in the room rose up and shot toward Rasul. He shot down
the rubble using his own earth spell, and said in exasperation, “How long are
you going to—”
“Freezing Torrent. Lightning Spear. Ice Fang. Earth Shaker. Flare Blitz.
Aqua Slicer. Tornado.”
“D-Damn you.”
Miledi’s unbelievably massive barrage of magic wiped the confident look
off of Rasul’s face. Magic of every element shot toward him, blotting out his
field of view. Miledi was overwhelming him with a wall of magic. Rasul
used his shadows, Ignis, and his own exceptional magical abilities to fend off
Miledi’s assault, but he was slowly pushed back.

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On the other hand, Miledi’s attacks kept growing stronger. She started
casting her spells faster, and her aim grew more precise.

“Spark Plasma. Hellfire Tsunami. Micro Ocean. Celestial Flash. Pale
Gaol.”

“You’re casting advanced-level spells at that speed!?”
Rasul blocked the barrage of thunder with a barrier, cut down the wave of
fire with Ignis, blasted the tsunami of water apart with his mana shockwave,
shot down the blade of light with his own magic, and blew away the
petrifying white smoke with his shadows. There was no opportunity for him
to launch a counterattack. He had to keep his distance, and couldn’t bring the
battle to close quarters, where he had the advantage. Miledi had him
completely pinned down with magic.
I never imagined this generation’s Reisen would be so strong she’d be a
match for the demon lord. Indeed, Miledi was fighting on equal terms with
the demon lord, the strongest member of a race that was already known for
being the strongest mages. In fact, if it wasn’t for his array of legendary
artifacts, he would be overwhelmed. Meaning Miledi already outmatched him
when it came to pure magical skill alone.
No human should have that kind of power. Miledi had of course been
blessed with superhuman talent, but she’d also put in an ungodly amount of
effort to hone her skills. Rasul couldn’t even fathom how much training it
must have taken for Miledi to reach this level while still in her teens. And
Miledi hadn’t even ascended to her final form.
“Cosmos...”
An immeasurable amount of mana rose up from Miledi, dying the entire
throne room sky-blue.
“Impossible...”
For the first time since becoming demon lord, Rasul was worried he might
actually lose. Countless miniature suns started orbiting around Miledi.
“Crusher.”
Each sun was comprised of a combination of Azure Blaze, Thunderlord’s
Judgement, and Divine Wrath, the three strongest spells. And there were over
a hundred suns. The multicolored suns hurtled toward Rasul, spelling certain
death.
“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
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heard before. All of his skill combined wasn’t enough to stop the barrage of
suns, and he was blasted against the wall. The wall exploded outward, a sight
that could be seen all throughout the capital. But no one watching expected
that it was their demon lord that was on the losing end of that exchange.

“I told you I’d beat the shit out of you!”
Panting heavily, Miledi grinned and pumped her fist into the air. After
that she fell to the ground, too drained of mana to keep floating.
“Yes yes, well done. You’re amazing, Miledi-chan.”
“Seriously Meru-nee, stop treating me like a kid.”
Meiru caught Miledi before she hit the floor. She started returning her
water to her Treasure Trove and cast restoration magic on Miledi.
“We’re pretty much done here too. The guards just kept coming so we
plugged up the entrances.”
Miledi looked over and saw Elga, Angol, Karm, and all of Rasul’s guards
lying facedown on the floor. A number of other guards were stuck outside the
demolished throne room, an invisible barrier keeping them from entering.
Naiz had used spatial magic to cut them off. They desperately threw
themselves against the barrier, their eyes bloodshot. They were determined to
kill Miledi for harming their precious demon lord.
“Th-They’re kinda scary...”
“Well, you are the terrorist who beat up their demon lord.”
“Yeah, what did you expect? Anyway, let’s go see how he’s doing.”
Once everyone was healed, they grabbed Naiz’s hands and he teleported
them out of the castle. Rasul had crashed into a nearby tower, and he lay
limply on its floor. Miledi and the others descended onto the tower’s roof.
“Good grief. This was just meant to be a sideshow, but it ended up with
me getting humiliated.”
Blood stained Rasul’s clothes and part of his face had been badly burned.
Panting, he extricated himself from the tower’s wall and leaped up to the
roof.
“Rasul Alva Igdol. I’ll have you tell me the truth now.”
Miledi stared intently at Rasul. Her desire to discover the truth hadn’t
waned one bit.
“Heh. You and Van really are such entertaining toys.”
“Did you say... toys?”
That word gave Miledi deja vu.

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“Did you truly believe I loved Van? That I actually didn’t want to do
these experiments, and that I was a man of virtue who was trying to bring
people happiness?”

Hilarious. Oh, I can’t believe how cute you two are. I never get bored
toying with people like you. Rasul’s thoughts showed on his face, and his
expression twisted into a cold, heartless sneer. He looked absolutely
inhuman. Naiz and Meiru gave Rasul a disgusted look, but Miledi didn’t
seem angry, or upset. She could tell something was wrong here. As her doubt
grew, she suddenly felt like she was standing in front of a closed gate.

“Miledi Reisen. The girl who killed even her family for the sake of
justice! The blazing sun who fights against the world!”

“Who... are you?”
Miledi asked, confused. Naiz and Meiru turned to Miledi in shock. But
when they saw her face, they realized the Rasul reflected in her eyes was a
completely different person than the Rasul standing in front of them. Rasul
sneered again, his expression dripping with malice.
“I wonder how you’ll feel when you realize you’ve just started a war?”
“What are you plan—”
Before she could finish that sentence, Rasul poured mana into the artifact
located at the top of the tower, activating it remotely. The pealing of a bell
echoed throughout the capital. Rasul then flew into the air. Caught off guard,
the group chased after him. But Rasul wasn’t trying to run. He flew up to the
center of the capital and surrounded himself in a cloak of wind. Then, looking
down at his citizens, he opened his mouth and shouted, “Behold, my
brethren! Standing over there are the church’s strongest agents!”
The bell located on the tower amplified his voice, broadcasting it
throughout the city.
They stopped in their tracks, surprised by his sudden change in tactics.
“They infiltrated the imperial castle and used cowardly means to slay my
soldiers! Not only that, these assailants belong to our most hated foe! For you
see, that girl over there is a Reisen!”
The demons down below started murmuring to each other. It was
undoubtedly the Reisen family that had caused demons the most grief over
the past few decades. In fact, many demons feared the Reisens. So to them, it
made perfect sense that a Reisen had been chosen as the church’s vanguard.
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nothing but peace and focused only on the prosperity of our kingdom, these
barbaric humans tried to slay me regardless! It’s time we eliminated these
inferior creatures once and for all!”

Demons hadn’t invaded humans since the reign of the last demon lord.
Even when the church had sent raiding parties across the border, they’d
avoided escalating into a full-scale war. But now the humans had launched a
cowardly sneak attack on their beloved, peace-loving demon lord. Not only
that, they’d sent a Reisen to do it. Such an outrageous affront could not go
unpunished.

“Punish the cowardly humans for their sins! Show them that it is the
demon race that is superior!”

Rasul’s speech successfully worked the demons up into a frenzy. He
raised his fist high and shouted even louder than before, “The time for war
has come!”

“Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
The battle cries of a hundred thousand demons shook the capital. They
were ready to give their lives to bring the hammer of justice down on the
barbaric humans. Rasul turned back toward Miledi and spread his arms wide,
sneering. Miledi’s goal was turning the world into a place of peace and
cooperation. And Rasul had just thrown the biggest wrench he could into her
plans.
“This miiight be a problem.”
“Tch, he’s craftier than I thought.”
Meiru’s gentle smile disappeared, while Naiz ground his teeth in
frustration. However, Miledi just met Rasul’s crazed gaze. There was no
frustration or impatience in her expression. Instead, she looked as though
she’d finally figured something out. He knows how to entice people into a
cult-like devotion, and he revels in trampling on the feelings of others. On top
of that, Ma-chan said he suddenly changed right after his coronation
ceremony. Lastly, he wants to push demons and humans to fight no matter
what.
“You and Van really are such entertaining toys.”
That one sentence had helped Miledi connect the dots. Though she had no
proof, she was sure her deduction was correct. Once she realized what had
happened, anger welled up within her.
“I see... So that’s how it is.”

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“Miledi-chan?”
“Miledi? Are you okay?”
Ignoring the frenzied battle cries down below, Miledi glared at Rasul, her
eyes simmering with rage. His sneer didn’t waver and he said cheerfully, “So,
what are you going to do, Lady Reisen?”
Will you run? Or will you continue fighting me? Or are you going to try
and tell people I’ve been experimenting on demons and that I’m actually
evil? Not that that’ll work. Rasul waited patiently for Miledi’s response,
confident that he’d won. Miledi sucked in a huge breath, then used wind
magic to amplify her voice.
“I! Love! Allllllllll demoooooooooooooooooooooons!”
Miledi’s shout echoed through the capital, the emotion in her voice clear
to all who were listening. Utterly confused by her declaration, the demons
simmered down and exchanged glances. Rasul was so shocked his jaw
dropped open. Even Meiru and Naiz hadn’t expected Miledi to try something
like this. In the stunned silence that followed, Miledi sucked in another breath
and shouted loudly enough to rupture her vocal cords.
“I love all humans! I love all beastmen! I love all vampires, and
dragonmen, and humans, and all the mixed races born between them! I love
everyone!”
This world was unfair, rife with prejudice and conflict. But even so,
Miledi loved this world, from the bottom of her heart. Likewise, she loved all
the creatures that lived within it.
“I want to be able to eat a meal together with everyone where we’re all
smiling and laughing!”
Miledi’s unconditional love was so strong it gave the demons pause.
“I want to be able to joke around with everyone! Even if we fight
sometimes, I want us all to end every day looking forward to seeing each
other again!”
Rasul had finally recovered from his shock. He stared at Miledi as though
she were some strange, alien creature. On the other hand, Meiru and Naiz
closed their eyes and smiled gently at Miledi.
“Is it wrong to wish for a world where we can all live together!? Is it
wrong to hope that humans and demons will one day join hands!?”
Rasul knew he needed to stop Miledi. His instincts were telling him it was
dangerous to let her keep talking. She was too much of a threat. However,

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Meiru and Naiz glared at Rasul, making it clear they’d stop him if he tried
anything. Weakened as he was, he couldn’t fight them. His mind raced,
trying to think of some other way to stop Miledi.

“I don’t think it’s wrong!”
Her words started having a noticeable effect. The demons were starting to
realize that, unbelievable as it was, the Reisen heir actually meant it when she
said she loved them. They no longer knew what was real or not, or what they
should be doing.
“And you know what, your demon lord doesn’t either!”
The demons grew even more confused. Weren’t you just fighting each
other? they thought, their gazes turning to Rasul.
“In truth, the demon lord is a kind person! He cares more about the future
of demonkind than anyone! He values peace more than war and he loves all
of you!”
Vandre and the Schnee clan had believed that the kind, peace-loving
Rasul still existed somewhere. And in truth he did. What had transformed
him into this monster was—
“It’s the church’s shitty god who’s trying to start this war! He’s the one
who—”
Before Miledi could finish, a burst of blinding light appeared from the
demon lord’s castle. A second later, Rasul appeared atop the castle’s tallest
tower. A giant shimmering magic circle appeared on one of the castle’s
undamaged walls, and the tower Rasul was standing on began to glow.
“O-Oi, isn’t this kinda bad?” One of the demons standing in the capital’s
central plaza muttered. His worry was understandable. Rasul had just
activated the capital’s ultimate weapon. This spell was only meant to be
invoked when the city faced a serious crisis, for it was capable of wiping out
entire armies. The city needed multiple barriers just to defend against the
shockwaves from this spell if it was fired outside the capital. But right now,
Rasul was aiming it at Miledi, who was floating above the center of the city.
This was more than just “kinda bad.” Judging by the elevation difference
between the tower and where Miledi was standing, many people near the
center of the city would get caught up in the blast too.
“Nacchan, Meru-nee! We need to get higher or—”
Miledi was planning on flying high enough that the castle’s weapon
wouldn’t hit the city. But before she could finish her sentence, a loud voice

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echoed directly inside Miledi’s head.
“Do you plan to abandon the capital?”
With that one statement, Rasul had rendered Miledi’s group immobile. If

they tried to escape, he’d just blow up the city.
“Though you may be one of His pieces, you are too dangerous to let live.”
Cold sweat poured down Miledi’s back as she stared at the size of the

magic circle covering the castle. Nevertheless, she smiled fearlessly and
shouted, “Man, you sure blew your cover quickly! I bet your precious
master’s disappointed in you! Bahaha!”

Now Miledi had proof that the scum they’d been fighting hadn’t been the
real Rasul.

“Nacchan! Meru-nee!”
“Leave it to me.”
“This’ll be a piece of cake.”
Meiru and Naiz nodded immediately while Miledi poured all of her mana
into creating the biggest Spatial Severance she could. The moment she did,
the tower Rasul was standing on fired an aurora of rainbow light at her.
“Like hell we’re losing heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!”
Miledi absorbed the beam with her Spatial Severance. Though the beam
was powerful enough to raze armies, it wasn’t powerful enough to escape
Miledi. However, there was so much energy contained within the beam that
its aftershocks could still hit the capital even if the beam itself was absorbed.
Which was why Naiz was protecting the central plaza with a spatial barrier.
Meanwhile, Meiru continued casting restoration magic on Miledi’s Spatial
Severance, preventing it from getting too saturated and exploding. The sky
above the capital was covered in multicolored light. And as time passed, the
beam slowly began to push Miledi back. She struggled to maintain her
Spatial Severance, but it consumed so much mana that she was quickly
running out. Meiru, too, was using a prodigious amount of mana to continue
restoring Miledi’s Spatial Severance.
“Struggle as best as you can, Irregulars. My lord’s board has no need for
pieces like you.”
On the other hand, the demon lord looked to have energy to spare.
“Shit... We have to do something about... that castle.”
Right now the only person capable of destroying the castle wall was Naiz.
But he’d expended a huge amount of his mana in the battle earlier, and he’d

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used up most of what was left erecting a barrier to protect the city. Just as
Miledi was starting to worry they might not be able to stop the beam—

“We just need to destroy that castle, right?”
“O-kun!”
Oscar appeared. He adjusted his glasses like usual, and Miledi smiled in
relief.
“Blow that thing to pieces!”
“You got it, Leader.”
Neither Oscar’s strongest attack, his Black Umbrella’s upgraded
Thunderlord’s Judgement, nor a barrage of enchanted swords would be
enough to take out the castle walls. After all, Rasul’s barrier had been enough
to stop those attacks.
“Come, my Shadow Emperor.”
An earthquake shook the capital, and the demons looked even more
shocked than they had when Rasul had pointed the army killer at them.
Miledi and the others were stunned as well. In fact, Rasul was too. It was
only natural. After all, Oscar had just summoned a golem knight that was
thirty meters tall. It had a longsword in its right hand and a round shield in its
left. Oscar had even fashioned a cape for it. With a thunderous roar, it raised
its sword. That simple action created a gale of wind.
“Oscar Orcus!” Rasul shouted. He deployed the strongest barrier he could.
“That’s right. I’m Oscar Orcus, the artifact maker.”
And this is one of my artifacts. Oscar raised his hand, and the golem’s
sword caught fire. It burned as hot as Lestina had when she’d used her
Inflame. Without any hesitation, Oscar had his golem swing its sword down.
The sword crashed into the castle with all the force of a natural disaster.
Rasul’s barrier put up as much resistance as a piece of paper before
shattering, and the castle’s physical and magical wards melted as well. The
Shadow Emperor’s blade cleanly cut through the castle. The magic circle
fizzled and faded as the golem’s burning blade sliced it in half along with the
castle. As the castle walls tumbled to the ground Oscar shouted, “Go, Van!”
“You don’t need to tell me twice!”
Vandre burst from the ruins of the castle in his dragon form. He shot
toward Rasul, who was still off-balance from the shockwave the Shadow
Emperor’s swing had created. Rasul quickly fired a few blasts of magic at
Vandre, but they all bounced off his scales. Changing tactics, Rasul sent his

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shadows after Vandre instead, but Vandre dodged them by returning to
human form. Weaving between the numerous shadows, Vandre shouted,
“Take this, you shitty brother!”

“Van—”
Vandre put all his might behind a single punch and swung at the circlet on
Rasul’s forehead. His fist connected, and Rasul was sent flying backward.
The demon lord once again slammed into the tower behind him and slumped
against the wall. As Vandre snorted dismissively, Oscar came to stand next to
him.
“What do you think?”
“Dunno.”
Wondering what the two were talking about, all of them walked over.
Vandre stared at Rasul as if trying to discern something. The demon lord
slowly staggered to his feet. The circlet on his forehead cracked, then
shattered. The moment it did, “Y-You bastard. Shut up!”
Rasul put a hand to his forehead and started shouting to himself. It
sounded like he was hearing voices in his head.
“I knew it. So that’s how it is, isn’t it?” Vandre said, his voice trembling.
He’d already accepted everything he’d believed in was a lie once, but now
he’d found hope again. While Oscar had been healing the two of them, he’d
told Vandre of his theory. Rasul had changed drastically the day after his
coronation ceremony, and Oscar hadn’t been able to figure out the
composition of the demon lord’s circlet. Oscar’s theory was that the circlet
Rasul had received during his coronation had been what had transformed
him.
“I see. In that case, we’d better save Van-chan’s real brother.”
That brief exchange was enough for Miledi to figure out what was going
on, and she smiled. Meiru and Naiz did as well. A second later, an explosion
of mana erupted from Rasul. His normally red mana had hints of silver in it
now. The spiral of mana reached up into the heavens, and clouds started
gathering around the demon lord.
“His mana can even influence the weather? Haha, this is starting to get
ridiculous.”
Cold sweat poured down Miledi and the others’ foreheads as they watched
the something that was pretending to be Rasul step toward them.
“You bastards, how dare you get in the way of my divine mission!

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Disrupting His plans is the greatest sin there is! Why can’t you ignorant
beings understand that!?”

The gathering clouds swirled around the demon lord. His red and silver
mana called enough of them to cover the capital. To the demons watching
below, he seemed divine. While they were ecstatic that their demon lord was
this powerful, a worm of doubt niggled at the back of their minds. Hadn’t
Reisen been the one who’d insulted the church? Did the demon lord truly
need to go that far to eliminate someone who’d denounced the one thing
other humans held sacred? It was almost as if...

As that doubt grew, the citizens all looked up. They wanted to believe the
demon lord’s wrath was directed at Reisen, and not at them. But they could
no longer be sure. Meanwhile, Miledi was standing between them and the
demon lord, as if to protect everyone from his divine wrath with that small
back of hers.

“I’ll bring the script back on track! Today will be the day I spark a war! I
won’t let anyone stop me!”

Even if he had to kill a few of his citizens, Rasul was confident he could
convince the populace it had been necessary to strike down Reisen. After all,
she’d destroyed the demon lord’s castle, killed his generals, and even
damaged Rasul himself. That was more than enough reason for Igdol’s
demons to hate her.

“The demons who built up their strength during peacetime will once again
declare war on the humans!”

That was the script Rasul’s lord had set out, and he would make sure it
was followed. Even if Miledi was one of the pieces his lord had put into play
himself, she was too dangerous to let live. This is all for the sake of my Lord!

“I’ll crush you beneath the weight of my devotion!”
A hole opened up within the sky. A pillar of light gathered at the center of
the cloudy sky. The air shook and the earth trembled as Rasul primed his
strongest attack. But Miledi wasn’t afraid.
“Bring it on,” she replied, smiling her fearless smile.
“Don’t think you can toy with people forever! We’ll make you pay for
underestimating us, you bastard! I’ll show you that the beautiful genius mage
Miledi is invincible!”
Miledi’s own sky-blue mana flared up around her, reaching up into the
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was spellbound. This young girl was even more dazzling than their own
demon lord.

“She really isn’t embarrassed at all about calling herself beautiful, is she?”
“Personally, I’m quite fond of Miledi-chan’s confidence.”
“This is just how Miledi always is.”
“I dunno about her. Are you sure you guys all want her as your leader?”
Miledi’s four comrades lined up next to her. At the same time, they
unleashed their mana as well. Oscar’s sunlight yellow mana, Meiru’s sunset
orange mana, Naiz’s earth brown mana, and Vandre’s moonlight pale mana
all joined Miledi’s. The light of Miledi and her comrades was far more
beautiful than that of the demon lord’s. A moment later, Rasul struck. The
heavens fell upon them all. A blast of light, so large that it blotted out the sky,
bore down upon them. If divine punishment existed, this was what it looked
like. But Miledi and the others faced it head-on.
“Obsidian Vortex— Azure Burst!”
Miledi compressed an Azure Blaze into a minuscule sphere with her
Obsidian Vortex and started shooting out pillars of fire.
“Shadow Emperor— Thunder Cannon!”
Oscar’s golem raised its shield, which started spinning and emitting
sparks. Twelve massive spheres of lightning formed on the edges of the
shield, then fused together in the center. The golem then fired a beam of
thunder comprised of a dozen Thunderlord’s Judgements fused together at
Rasul.
“Serpent’s Fangs— Infinity.”
Meiru’s micro ocean of water turned into a multi-headed snake. Countless
sharp steel fragments swirled around inside the current, creating a whirlpool
of death. She then fired that whirlpool snake at Rasul.
“Void Cannon.”
The space around Rasul ruptured. Normally Naiz’s spatial attacks were
invisible, but this one was so powerful that the tears in space could actually
be seen.
“Compound Transformation.”
Vandre transformed into his dragon form and unleashed a metamorphosis
magic-enhanced breath attack. The five Liberators’ spells slammed into the
wall of light Rasul had sent at them. The force of the clash sent a blast of
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the demons down below to the ground. But even so, they continued looking
up at the sky. At the five warriors battling against the heavens. They couldn’t
believe their eyes. Not just because the battle was so intense. But also
because humans, a beastman, and a half-dragonman, half-demon were all
holding hands and fighting for a common cause. That was something that had
never happened before. Had the demon lord ordered it, they would gladly
have given up their lives to try and kill Miledi and her comrades. For the
prosperity of the demon race, the people of the capital were willing to do
anything. But even so—

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
When they saw the girl they were meant to hate fighting so hard to protect
them, when they thought back to what she’d told them, they found their
hearts wavering.
“I! Love! Allllllllll demoooooooooooooooooooooons!” Those words still
echoed in the demons’ minds.
“You can do it...”
One demon looked down in surprise as his own child whispered that. He
had no doubt his kid had said that unconsciously. Still, any other time he
would have scolded him harshly. Right now, however, the father didn’t have
the heart to tell his son off. Miledi and the others, of course, had no idea
about the change of heart that was taking place down below. They were
desperately struggling to fend Rasul’s attack off.
“Is this... how strong our enemy is?”
Slowly but surely, they were being pushed back.
“No, they’re even stronger! But that doesn’t matter! We’ll still overcome
them!”
“This is a nightmare! He’s even stronger than that God’s Apostle!”
Cold sweat poured down Naiz’s back. His mana was nearing its limits.
“This is the last time I can restore everyone.”
“At this rate, we’re going to lose. Don’t you have any tricks left?”
Meiru’s complexion grew pale as she squeezed out the last of her mana to
restore everyone else’s. Meanwhile, Vandre’s breath started to falter. The
party was slowly pushed downward. Before long they’d hit the ground. There
wasn’t much time left.
“You pathetic fools! If you refuse to be His pawns, then—”
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reason, the demon lord faltered. He cradled his head and screamed, “Stop
getting in my way!”

For a moment, the light of his attack weakened.
“This is it! Everyone, now!”
Miledi used up every last drop of mana she had left. She glowed so
brilliantly she outshined the press of divine judgment bearing down on them.
Oscar, Naiz, Meiru, and Vandre all followed suit. They gave everything they
had for one last attack, barely managing to remain conscious as they did so.
At long last, the demon lord’s light started getting pushed back.
“Impossible! Where are you drawing such power from!?”
“Carve this into your memory! This is the power of mortals!”
Five different attacks shot up to the heavens, swallowing up the demon
lord’s light. But then the demon lord’s power grew again. It was almost as if
he truly was being granted unlimited mana from the heavens. He bore down
on them again, as if to prove mortals could never match god. Their attacks
reached an equilibrium state once more. Just as they started to panic, the
demon lord’s eyes suddenly widened in surprise. Then his face twisted in
fear. But a second later that expression vanished, replaced by the same
hateful look he’d had earlier.
“I won’t accept this! Curse you, Liberators! One day, I’ll—”
A cocoon of silver light enveloped the demon lord. A second later
something shot out of his body and vanished into mist. At the same time, his
attack dissipated. Their spells all rushed toward Rasul, and they hurriedly
redirected them away from the demon lord. Their attacks pierced the sky
instead, blowing away the dark clouds that had gathered around the capital.
They disappeared with a flash, shooting toward the heavens.
Rasul was blown away by the attacks’ shockwaves, and fell into his old
throne room. Too drained to help themselves, let alone Rasul, all of them fell
to the ground. Vandre ran out of mana to keep his transformation going and
returned to human form. Oscar just barely managed to control his Shadow
Emperor in time to stop their fall. He had the golem spread out its cloak and
catch them before they hit the ground.
“N-Nice one, O-kun.”
“Pant Pant. I live to serve, Leader.”
Bantering lightly with each other, Oscar and Miledi crawled over to the
golem’s palm.

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“Haaah... Haaah... Did we win?”
The sky was clearing up, and beams of sunlight started filtering through
the clouds. Naiz looked absently up at the sky, still not sure they’d actually
won. Meiru smiled ruefully, a rarity for her, and replied, “I think it would be
more accurate to say... he let us go.”
“So that was the shitty thing Miledi said wasn’t my brother. I wonder
what he wanted.”
“Who knows. It couldn’t have been good, whatever it was. Anyway, we
got out of this alive, so I think it’s safe to say it’s our win!”
Miledi grinned and threw her hands into the air triumphantly. Oscar and
the others exchanged glances, then smiled and brought their hands up to give
Miledi a high-five. Once the party had managed to catch their breath, Vandre
turned toward the castle.
“Brother...”
“I saw him fall into the throne room.”
Oscar squeezed out a bit more mana to send his Shadow Emperor walking
toward the castle. It stomped across the demon capital’s plaza and stretched
its hand out toward the castle’s throne room. The party hopped off the golem
and Oscar returned it to his Treasure Trove. They found Rasul lying among
the rubble, looking completely exhausted.
“Yo, Van... Long time no see.”
“Is it... really you, Brother?”
“I sure hope so. What do you think? Do I look sane to you? Am I the
brother you know?”
Rasul smiled tiredly at Vandre, and Vandre staggered over to his brother.
“Yeah, you look like the brother I know. The brother... I remember.”
“I see... Van.”
Tears sprung to Vandre’s eyes and Rasul squeezed out the words he’d
always wanted to say to his precious younger brother.
“I’m sorry.”
“I-It’s fine. I’m not that weak. I’m different from how I used to be... so...”
“Yeah. You’re not like me, who got taken over by some artifact. You’re
strong. No, you’ve always been strong. Way stronger than me.”
Rasul reached out and ruffled Vandre’s hair. He caressed Vandre’s braid,
then reached for his own hair and tied a new one for himself. Vandre smiled
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turned to Miledi.
“Lady Reisen. It looks like I caused you quite a bit of trouble.”
“You bet you did!”
Oscar and Naiz shook their heads in exasperation while Meiru smiled

happily.
“In that case, I suppose I need to pay you back somehow.”
Rasul smiled ruefully as he said that, but Miledi shook her head.
“As long as you promise not to hurt Van-chan again, I’ll forgive you.”
“I doubt that... thing will stay quiet. For centuries, he’s used the demon

lord’s circlet to do whatever he wanted with this country. I can’t say for
certain he won’t come back to take control of me again.”

Rasul was hesitant to make any promises to Miledi. While Vandre had
managed to destroy the circlet, Rasul doubted that was the only means they
had of controlling people.

“Really? It looks to me like you’re strong enough to fight him off this
time.”

Rasul had had his ego sealed away for years. Despite that, he’d fought
against his captor and given Miledi and the others the opening they needed.

“Besides, if that thing ever comes back, I’ll be sure to kill it for good and
save you.”

“I see...”
“And if you’re still worried, then O-kun’ll figure something out for you!”
Oscar shook his head. Miledi foisting all her work onto him was nothing
new. Naiz gave Oscar a sympathetic look and patted his shoulder. Sighing,
Oscar opened up his Treasure Trove and pulled out a few chunks of raw ore.
Enlisting Meiru and Miledi’s help, he fashioned a new circlet for Rasul. He
also borrowed Rasul’s help and created a circlet packed to the brim with
restoration and anti-brainwashing magic.
“Pant Pant. Here you go. Haah Haah. A circlet enchanted with your
magic, our leader’s magic, and our strongest healer’s magic. Cough... I’ve
also made it so that if its magic starts getting overpowered, it’ll send me a
signal... Besides, if you’re a real artifact user, you should be able to get even
more out of it than that. Bleh.”
“I-I see. Thank you... But are you okay?”
“I don’t want to move ever again.”
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Miledi’s group was exhausted too, but the amount of creation magic Oscar
had needed to use had really drained him.

“Fufu, you’re quite something.”
“That’s cause he’s O-kun!”
Miledi grinned proudly as she cast healing magic on Oscar. Suddenly
recalling something, Rasul grinned mischievously and said, “Indeed. Even
when he was up against the demon lord’s might, he said something like ‘I’ll
never let Miledi fall into your hands.’”
“Huh?”
After a moment’s confusion, Miledi blushed to the tips of her ears.
“Oh my, judging by your reaction... you were conscious when that
happened, weren’t you?”
“I-I have no idea what you’re talking about!”
Miledi pounced on Rasul, and he snickered.
“Brother... I see you still like teasing people.”
Vandre shook his head in exasperation. He’d often been on the receiving
end of Rasul’s pranks when they were young. Just then, everyone heard the
thudding of footsteps nearing the room. It seemed the demon soldiers had
come running over here when they saw the demon lord fall. Elga and the
others, who were still lying unconscious on the floor, started groaning as
well. They’d be awake soon. Vandre turned to the black-robed chimeras.
Sensing his intentions, Naiz dashed over to them. His footsteps were a little
unsteady because of how mana drained he was, but he managed to pick the
two of them up still.
“Van, take this.”
Rasul took a transparent octagonal prism out of his pocket. This was the
artifact that had bound the chimeras to his will. As he took it, Vandre stared
into Rasul’s eyes. Rasul said with determination, “Go, Van. This country
isn’t ready to accept someone like you or the Liberators... At least, not yet.
You should serve Lady Reisen for now.”
“Brother...”
Vandre closed his eyes. Just then, a gale buffeted the party and a flock of
wyverns came down through the hole in the ceiling.
“Van-sama!”
Margaretta and the others had come to pick them up. Marshal came down
on another wyvern and yelled, “We got all those gray-robed guys too! Let’s

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get out of here!” Vandre opened his eyes and met Rasul’s gaze again. Rasul
gasped. The noble look in Vandre’s eyes reminded Rasul of his younger
brother’s mother, Sasrika.

“Alright, Brother. I’ll go for now. You better take care of this country, my
homeland, for me.”

Vandre had referred to Igdol as his homeland. So long as Rasul was
Igdol’s ruler, it would be his home. Rasul struggled to hold back tears, then
nodded as firmly as he could. He then turned to the leader of the group who’d
saved his younger brother and said with as much compassion as he could,
“Lady, take care of my brother for me.”

“Sure... What are you gonna do?”
“I’ll start working to make my ideals a reality. I think that’s the best way I
can thank you Liberators for what you’ve done.”
In other words, Rasul would try to change demon society. He’d strive to
make Igdol a country of peace. He believed that was what the Liberators
wanted too. Miledi brought a hand to her chest and closed her eyes, digesting
Rasul’s words. After a moment, she opened them again and smiled
innocently at him. Then she turned on her heel and said, “Let’s go,
everyone!”
They clambered up onto a wyvern, and the party flew off into the sunset.
Rasul smiled as he watched them go. He knew he’d never forget them. Not
long afterward, his guards came running into the room and his generals
regained consciousness. Ignoring the tumult around him, Rasul looked up at
the sky and said, “I pray that when the time comes for your decisive battle...
history records that us demons were your allies as well.”
Rasul would work hard to make that future come to pass. That was both
his resolve as the Liberators’ ally and his declaration of war against god.

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Epilogue

One month had passed since the battle at the demon capital. Miledi and
her comrades, the old members of the Reisen branch headquarters, and the
entire Schnee clan were currently in the forest bordering the Obsidian
Tundra. They’d decided to stay in the southern continent for a while to keep
an eye on Rasul. It would also have been hard to cross continents with a
group this big and not attract attention. Since, including the chimeras, the
group was over 100 people strong.

Still, Dylan and Katy needed a secure place to rest, so the party would
need to move eventually. While their bodies were healed, their souls weren’t
there yet. Miledi had already gotten in contact with the closest Liberator
village, and they were making preparations to accept all the rescued test
subjects into their ranks. Eventually the plan was to create a new permanent
residence for the Schnee clan, but for now, they just needed a place to stay.

Incidentally, Meiru had been the one who’d advocated moving to a nearby
Liberator village instead of staying in the Obsidian Tundra first. Mostly
because she couldn’t handle the cold.

Fortunately, the forest they were hiding in was known as the Forest of No
Return to nearby demons, so they avoided it like the plague. Meaning
Miledi’s party was unlikely to get spotted. The reason it’d been given that
name was—

“Oh my, Meiru-chan! You’re back to wearing that swimsuit again! What
happened to the clothes I made you?”

“P-Please don’t make me wear those...”
Meiru’s voice was surprisingly meek. That was because she was up
against the lord of this forest, a musclebound drag queen. He was the reason
this forest was known as the Forest of No Return. Anyone he got his hands
on did technically come back, but they were never the same. His name was
Jinglebell. He was, in fact, a Liberator. And not just any Liberator either. He
was the Liberators’ best tailor and the one who’d made Miledi’s clothes.
Though he was a demon, he couldn’t use magic. Because of that, he’d been

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persecuted by his peers. In order to escape the bullying, he’d trained his
muscles to the point where he could counter magic with brute strength alone.
He actually had enough physical power to take on an entire battalion of
demon soldiers. Incidentally, Snowbell considered Jinglebell his master.

“Good going, Bell-neesan! Corner her... Ahem, I mean, make sure to
dress her up nice!”

“Miledi-chan, I’ll make you pay for this later.”
Meiru fled from Jinglebell, who was trying to force her into a frilly dress
that he’d made. Miledi watched from the sidelines, cheering Jinglebell on. A
short distance away, Oscar, Naiz, and Vandre were honing their close combat
skills. Though at the moment, Oscar and Vandre were just glaring at each
other.
“So what you’re saying is, back then, you used those glasses to locate
where everyone in the castle was?”
“Yeah. They’re amazing, aren’t they? I can even use them to get a bird’s-
eye view of myself.”
Some time back, Oscar had enlisted Mikaela’s help to enchant his glasses
with her Soul Sight. They were the reason Oscar was able to easily dodge
attacks in chaotic melees, and why it seemed like he had eyes in the back of
his head. It was also what had helped him find where Vandre was when
they’d mounted their rescue. Oscar could see through anything and
everything at all times.
“I see. So basically, you’re a creep,” Vandre said bluntly. Irked, Oscar
replied, “At least my glasses aren’t as stupid as your muffler. Why do you
even wear that when it’s not cold?”
“Don’t insult my muffler. You just have no appreciation for art, you
perverted four-eyes.”
“Stop insulting my glasses, you wannabe artist.”
“What’d you say?”
“You wanna go?”
“Haaah, why do you two have to argue about every little thing?”
Naiz sighed deeply. Recently, Naiz had been saddled with the unenviable
duty of mediating Oscar and Vandre’s arguments, and it was exhausting him.
Susha, who’d come to watch Naiz train, cocked her head and asked, “Is this
what they mean when they say best friends fight a lot?”
“They’re definitely best friends alright!”

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“R-Really?”
“Well, you don’t normally see our brother get that emotional about things,
right?”
Yunfa, Corrin, and Ruth carried on the conversation. Next to the children,
Mikaela dropped to all fours and muttered, “H-He called it creepy... He called
my special magic creepy...”
“D-Don’t worry about it, Mikaela. No one actually thinks that. Vandre
just said that cause he’s talking to Oscar, he doesn’t really believe it,” Shushu
said, trying to cheer Mikaela up.
“I-Indeed. Normally, Van-sama never insults people like that. Though it
seems he acts much ruder when he’s around your leader... and especially
when he’s around Oscar-dono.”
Margaretta wasn’t sure how to feel. She was happy Vandre had found
friends he could be frank with, but at the same time, Vandre’s constant
arguments with Oscar caused a lot of other people trouble.
“Shushu’s right, Mikaela. We’ve been saved by your power a bunch of
times. No one thinks it’s creepy.”
“Marshal-san...”
“Besides, it’s not like you use it to peep on people or anything. So be
proud of—”
A guilty expression suddenly appeared on Mikaela’s face.
“M-Mikaela? Don’t tell me you...”
“I-It’s not what you think! It was just an accident! I wasn’t peeking on
you on purpose, Marshal-san! It’s not like I think you look sexy when you’re
bathing or anything!”
Everyone started scooting away from Mikaela. Realizing she’d slipped up,
she nevertheless tried to defend her honor. But her excuses were interrupted
by the flapping of wings.
“Ah, it’s Creme-chan.”
At Corrin’s words, everyone looked up at the descending eagle. It seemed
Tim had a message for them. Miledi let Creme land on her head and took the
letter tied to its leg.
“Wait, this is from Badd?” Miledi murmured. Everyone was suddenly
more interested in the contents of the letter. After all, they hadn’t heard from
their vice-leader since he’d gone off on his journey. As Miledi read through
the letter, her expression suddenly changed. Her eyes grew serious and she

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bit her lip worriedly. Once she was done reading she looked up and said,
“The church... has declared war on the Haltina Republic.”

The Liberators stiffened up. Miledi clutched the letter tightly and added,
“Badd’s in the republic too. He’s asking for help.”

She looked around at her comrades, and they all nodded firmly to her. No
one said a word, but they didn’t need to. Everyone was thinking the same
thing.

“Let’s go. To the Pale Forest.”
Everyone could tell this would be a vital turning point in the history of the
world.

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Afterword

Hello everyone, chuuni lover Ryo Shirakome here. Thank you very much
for picking up volume 3 of Arifureta Zero.

The hardest thing about writing Zero is figuring out how to deal with
power creep. Miledi’s too strong, and Oscar’s too versatile. And now that
they’ve got even more ancient magic users on their side, there’s practically
nothing they can’t do. Everyone’s so overpowered that their enemies all look
like chumps in comparison. And I’m running out of overpowered enemies to
throw at them. It’s only after I started writing Zero that I realized just how
amazing the Liberators really were.

That aside, I really want a Batlam. I want one so bad that I wrote him into
every scene I could. Also, I’m sure perceptive readers noticed, but there was
something related to Batlam in the main Arifureta story. Of course, Hajime
blew it up with one shot, so it didn’t get much screen time sadly. I really
don’t know why I gave Batlam basically the same name as that slime... In the
era the main Arifureta story takes place, all slime creatures are called
Bachulums.

Chances are some people kept on finding ways to mispronounce Batlam’s
name and one of them stuck so long it lasted through the centuries.
Everything is that one person’s fault. Also, I keep alluding to her without
saying her name, but I’m sure you can all guess who I’m talking about.

Anyway, now the half-dragon, half-demon Vandre has joined the
Liberators. As I’m sure you’ve all noticed, he’s great friends with O-kun. I’m
thinking next volume, I might write an extra chapter about how Oscar
develops a dragon-slaying sword specifically to use on Vandre. For those of
you unfamiliar with dragon-slaying swords, I highly recommend reading the
Arifureta spin-off manga, Arifureta: I Love Isekai.

Well, I’m running out of space to write, but there are a few things I’d like
to promote. Or rather, one thing. The Arifureta anime. I hope you all like
seeing Hajime animated. The story will cover enough volumes that Miledi
should show up too, so you’ll all be able to see the moment Arifureta went

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from being Miledi’s story to being Hajime’s.
Last, but not least, are the acknowledgments. A big thank you as always

to Takayaki-sensei for his wonderful illustrations. And, of course, I’m also
grateful to my editors and proofreaders. Sorry I always hand you such thick
manuscripts. Thank you as well to all the people involved in the publication
process. On the manga side of things, I’d like to thank Roga-sensei, Ataru
Kamichi-sensei and Misaki Mori-sensei for all your wonderful artwork.

And, of course, thank you, dear readers, as well as my fans on Narou. I’m
eternally grateful for your support. I hope you all continue to enjoy what the
Arifureta series has in store!

Ryo Shirakome

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Copyright

Arifureta Zero: Volume 3
by Ryo Shirakome

Translated by Ningen
Edited by DxS

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
coincidental.

Copyright © 2019 Ryo Shirakome
Illustrations by Takaya-ki
Cover illustration by Takaya-ki
All rights reserved.

Original Japanese edition published in 2019 by OVERLAP, Inc.
This English edition is published by arrangement with OVERLAP, Inc.,
Tokyo
English translation © 2019 J-Novel Club LLC

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